Location Australia-wide Work Site Remote Employment Type 12 Months (Initial Contract) Closing Date 27 Nov, 2026 OpenShift Virtualisation Engineer Senior OpenShift Engineer for an Australian Government agency’s virtual infrastructure team, with the role able to be worked remotely. Kestrel Eight is looking for a Senior OpenShift Engineer to join an Australian Government agency’s virtual infrastructure team for 12 months from 1 December 2026. The role can be worked remotely within Australia. Apply Now The Role You will support the administration of an OpenShift Virtualisation platform, set good practice, write Standard Operating Procedures, plan upgrades and lift the skills of the client’s own team through mentoring and knowledge transfer. You will work under the direction of the client’s Platform Owner. What You Will Do
• Run day-to-day operations of the OpenShift Virtualisation platform and mentor client staff.
• Work with midrange operating environment and application infrastructure teams on provisioning, right-sizing and day-to-day management of workloads.
• Lift the team’s skills in OpenShift Virtualisation, Ansible automation and DevOps and GitOps practices through knowledge transfer.
• Advise on platform security, including ISM and Essential Eight compliance, CVE management, incident triage and response, and risk management.
• Advise on platform monitoring, including notifications and monitoring agents.
• Identify improvements based on good practice and lessons learnt, and document them as Standard Operating Procedures. What You Will Bring
• Sound skills in managing and operating OpenShift, and in particular OpenShift Virtualisation.
• Good DevOps skills.
• Sound automation skills, including Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform, and use of GitLab.
• Good mentoring and knowledge transfer skills.
• Good documentation skills,



including writing Standard Operating Procedures. Contract Details Detail Value Rate Competitive daily rate Term 12 Months (Initial Contract) Location Can be worked remotely within Australia Start 1 December 2026, subject to client onboarding Clearance Active Australian Government NV1 clearance, or one that can be readily reinstated

How to Apply
Apply with a current CV using the button below, or email [email protected]. Only candidates who hold, or can quickly reinstate, an NV1 clearance can be considered. Apply Now Kestrel Eight is an Australian IT advisory and delivery firm. We place senior, locally based practitioners into enterprise and government programs across delivery, architecture, integration and platform modernisation. Location Australia-wide Work Site Remote Employment Type 12 Months (Initial Contract) Closing Date 27 Nov, 2026 OpenShift Virtualisation Engineer Senior OpenShift Engineer for an Australian Government agency’s virtual infrastructure team, with the role able to be worked remotely. Kestrel Eight is looking for a Senior OpenShift Engineer to join an Australian Government agency’s virtual infrastructure team for 12 months from 1 December 2026. The role can be worked remotely within Australia. Apply Now The Role You will support the administration of an OpenShift Virtualisation platform, set positive practice, write Standard Operating Procedures, plan upgrades and lift the skills of the client’s own team through mentoring and knowledge transfer. You will work under the direction of the client’s Platform Owner.



What You Will Do
• Run day-to-day operations of the OpenShift Virtualisation platform and mentor client staff.
• Work with midrange operating environment and application infrastructure teams on provisioning, right-sizing and day-to-day management of workloads.
• Lift the team’s skills in OpenShift Virtualisation, Ansible automation and DevOps and GitOps practices through knowledge transfer.
• Advise on platform security, including ISM and Essential Eight compliance, CVE management, incident triage and response, and risk management.
• Advise on platform monitoring, including notifications and monitoring agents.
• Identify improvements based on good practice and lessons learnt, and document them as Standard Operating Procedures. What You Will Bring
• Sound skills in managing and operating OpenShift, and in particular OpenShift Virtualisation.
• Good DevOps skills.
• Sound automation skills, including Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform, and use of GitLab.
• Good mentoring and knowledge transfer skills.
• Good documentation skills, including writing Standard Operating Procedures. Contract Details Detail Value Rate Competitive daily rate Term 12 Months (Initial Contract) Location Can be worked remotely within Australia Start 1 December 2026, subject to client onboarding Clearance Active Australian Government NV1 clearance, or one that can be readily reinstated

How to Apply
Apply with a current CV using the button below, or email [email protected]. Only candidates who hold, or can quickly reinstate, an NV1 clearance can be considered. Apply Now Kestrel Eight is an Australian IT advisory and delivery firm. We place senior, locally based practitioners into enterprise and government programs across delivery, architecture, integration and platform modernisation.

📌 OpenShift Virtualisation Engineer (Perth)
🏢 Kestrel Eight
📍 Perth